Distribution of glomerular density in different cortical zones of the human kidney

Pathology International

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-175

  Kanzaki, Go ^a   Tsuboi, Nobuo ^a   Utsunomiya, Yasunori ^a   Ikegami, Masahiro ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^b   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomerular density; Glomerulosclerosis; Juxtamedullary cortex; Nephron number; Renal hypertrophy; Superficial cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875651602     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pin.12044     Document Type: Article

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